quotations about humor
By his provocations to good-natured merriment, a humorist of the first water contributes as much to the sum of happiness as the gravest philosopher.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEE
Intuitions and Summaries of Thought
The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven.
MARK TWAIN
Following the Equator
Humour is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue.
VIRGINIA WOOLF
"On Not Knowing Greek,", The Common Reader
When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
Back to Methuselah
Humour is the kindly contemplation of the incongruities of life.
STEPHEN LEACOCK
Humour and Humanity
Humor won't save you; it doesn't really do anything at all. You can look at life ironically for years, maybe decades; there are people who seem to go through most of their lives seeing the funny side, but in the end, life always breaks your heart. Doesn't matter how brave you are, how reserved, or how much you've developed a sense of humor, you still end up with your heart broken. That's when you stop laughing. In the end there's just the cold, the silence and the loneliness. In the end, there's only death.
MICHEL HOUELLEBECQ
The Elementary Particles
A pun is the lowest form of humor, unless you thought of it yourself.
DOUG LARSON
attributed, Great Funny Quotes
Humor tells you where the trouble is.
LOUISE BERNIKOW
Alone in America